Fence



(No Mode 1.)

O. N. TOWN.

FENCE.

No. 359,297. Patented Mar. 15,1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES NOAH TOWN, OF SHAYTOWN, MICHIGAN.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,297, dated March 15, 1887. Application filed January 8, 1887. Serial No. 223,751. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES NOAH TOWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shaytown, in the county of Eaton and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to portable fences made up of sections, any of which may be used as gates.

The object of myinvention is to construct a cheap and durable fence, which will combine all the features of an ordinary portable fence,

and at the same ti me have the sections so arranged that they can be used as gates without necessitating any changein the parts other than by manipulation of those forming part of the fence.

The invention therefore consists of constructions and combinations, all as will here inafter be described in the specification and pointed out in the claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved fence; Fig. 2, a side elevation showing the manner of releasing one end of the upper bar of one of the sections from the adjoining section, and Fig. 3 a detail in elevation showing the manner of releasing one end of the lower bar of the section to be used as a gate.

A represents-one section of the fence, and A another section. Each section is composed of a top rail, a, middle rails, a, which may be of any desired number, bottom rail, a uprights a and a, and brace a The top and bottom rails, a and a, extend some distance beyond upright a and the middle rails, a,

. some distance beyond upright a", and pass a, are provided with a slat, a against which the top and bottom rails of the next section rest. The opposite sides of the middle rails, a, are also provided with rings or staples a, which are slipped over the post B, secured at its lower end in any suitable manner. These posts, in connection with slats u serve to hold the fence in position in an unbroken line.

If it be desired to use one of the sections as a gate at any time, it is only necessary to lift the desired sectionfor example, section A- until the projecting end of the top rail, a, can

be sprung over the slat a of the adjoining section A, as shown in Fig. 2, and then lift the adjoining section A until the bottom rail, a can be slipped under slat a on rail A. The section is now free to swing upon post 13 by means of the staplessecured to the middle rails, a. To return the section to place, it is only necessary to reverse the preceding operation, beginning first with lifting section A, so as to insert the projecting end under slat aand then lifting section A until the projecting end of the top rail can be slipped over the upper end of slat a on section A, when section A can be dropped in place between the slat a and the post B.

It is obvious that it will not be necessary in making the changes to remove the post from its position in which it has been set.

What I claim as new is In a portable fence, the combination of posts Band two or more sections of the fence, each having the top and bottom rails projecting at one end beyond the middle rails, and the latter projecting at the other end beyond the top and bottom rails, and provided with a vertical slat on one side and staples on the other, said staples embracing said posts, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES NOAH TOWN.

Witnesses:

WM. HUMPHREY, FRANK W. Town. 

